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Profile of Jerry Cheng

Jerry Cheng

Associate Professor; Computer Science, College of Engineering & Computing Sciences

Education Credentials: Ph.D.

Expertise: Data Science, Machine Learning, Statistical Modeling and Analysis

Joined Ä¢¹½´«Ã½: 2019

Jerry Cheng is an associate professor of computer science at NYIT College of Engineering and Computing Sciences. He earned his Ph.D. in statistics from Rutgers University. Before joining Ä¢¹½´«Ã½, Cheng was on the faculty of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University. Prior to joining academia, he was a post-doctoral researcher at Columbia University, and he also worked at AT&T Labs.

Cheng’s current research interests include big data analytics, artificial intelligence, data mining, statistical modeling, and high-performance computing. The main applications of his work lie in the areas of mobile computing, information security, and healthcare. His research has secured multiple grants from the National Science Foundation.

  • CSCI 270 Probability and Statistics for Computer
  • CSCI 335 Design and Analysis of Algorithms
  • DTSC 501 Fundamental Tools for Data Science
  • DTSC 610 Programming for Data Science
  • DTSC 615 Optimization Methods for Data Science
  • DTSC 620 Statistics for Data Science
  • DTSC 630 Data Visualization
  • DTSC 635 Probability and Stochastic Processes
  • DTSC 662 Special Topics in Data Science – Simulations and Computations
  • DTSC 662 Special Topics in Data Science – Natural Language Processing with Deep Learning
  • DTSC 740 Deep Learning

Contact Information

Email: jcheng18@nyit.edu

Office: New York, NY